The Pearl Ch. 1

What do you think the "Song of the Family" represents?

• all that is new and interesting in their life
• all that is familiar and good in Kino and Juana’s life, and also an unchanging tone. Their life is simple.
• a song that Juana sings 
• a song that is heard in the village 

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How is the difference in social class described in the text?

• some people have have canoes and others have horses 
• some of the people go to church and others do not
• Kino and Juana live on the beach in a hut, and the doctor lives in the stone and plaster city in a large house with a gate and servants
• some people have children and others do not 

Why would the doctor's servant refuse to speak in the old language?

•   The servant would likely be punished, and it serves to show the differences in the two classes: rich and poor.
• Because he has forgotten it.
• The servant is ashamed of it.
• The servant is afraid of Kino.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Steinbeck introduce the novella as a parable in which there are"only good and bad things and black and white things and good and evil things and no in-between things"?

• Steinbeck wants to show people that there are only two choices in life.
• Steinbeck did this to make the story interesting.
• Steinbeck is warning readers that life is hard.
• Steinbeck wants to warn the reader that in some situations there is not a compromise.

What, in general, is Kino like?

• a fisherman

• Mexican Indian

• poor

• all of the above

What was on the rope in the baby's box?

• an ant lion

• a scorpion

• bougainvillea

• an indigent

How does Juana show she is superstitious?

• She puts her shawl on the same way each time

• She has a brush house

• She says a Hail Mary and mutters an ancient magic spell

• She sprinkles "holy salt" on the fire in the fire pit

What group of people know everything about the town?

• the Indians

• Kino's people

• Doctor's servants

• the church beggars

Why does Kino seem to hate and fear the doctor at the same time?

• He likes French stuff

• The doctor's race has beaten and starved Kino's race

• The doctor can treat scorpion bites

Why does the doctor refuse to treat Coyotito?

• Kino and his family don't have any money

• Kino's race has always been oppressed by the doctor's race

• He's greedy and wants money

• all of the above